Question

When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and tood critic(评论家),Edie Jarolim “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her there books, The Complate Idiot’s Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resarts.

……writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a Test Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim workedfor a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arigona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local(当地的)museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

1.Which country does Jarolim live in now?

A．Mexico    B．The U.S.    C．The U.K.    D．Canada

2.What is most difficrlt for Jarolim?

A．Working in different places to collect information

B．Checking all the facts to be written in the guides

C．Finishing her work as soon as possible

D．Passing a test to write travel guides

3.What do we know about Jarllim from the text?

A．She is successful in her job

B．She finds her life full of stresses

 C．She spends half of her time traveling

D．She is especially interested in museums

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Adventures in Travel Writing

B．Working as a Food Critic

C．Travel Guides on the Market

D．Vacationing for a Living

Answer

1.答案：B

考点：考查细节

解析：文章第三段提示 “then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.”

2.答案：B

考点：理解文中具体信息

解析：文章最后一段第一句 “As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information.” 提示

3.答案：A

考点：作出简单判断和推理

解析：根据全文的介绍，说明这是一种成功的生活方式

4.答案：D

考点：考主旨大意

解析：提示在文章第一段结尾句 “Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!”和第二段第二句 “but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,”说明了没有想到“度假也可以谋生”的欣喜之情。

这篇阅读理解的文字风格略显诙谐，Hi, stop! 但有实际的描述了一个很普遍的谋生问题：谋生在Jarolim身上既是度假休闲，又是写作和评论的源泉。这是一篇展示生活的文章。

从文字设计上看，影响考生理解完整意思的因素可能是专有名词和对话的插入，但是如果避开障碍，处理好这些内容，整篇文章文字比较通顺流畅。难度并不大。但是在47、48题的理解上，部分考生会出现问题。